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Kresge Art Museum Goes for the “Bold” with New Summer Exhibition

Michael Challenger (British, born 1939) - Untitled, 1971 - Airbrushed acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 inches, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University,  Gift of Marshall Schuster, 78.20.2

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LANSING, MI.- Kresge Art Museum at Michigan State University
presents the
summer exhibition EyePoppers: Big & Bold from the Kresge Art Museum
Collection, featuring 31 large scale paintings and sculpture from the
museum
collection. The exhibition is on view May 1 through July 30, 2010. The
family-friendly opening reception was on Sunday, May 2, 2010 coincided
with the
Lansing area First Sunday Gallery Walk. This exhibition celebrates art
of the
past half-century: Pure abstraction, Op and Geometric art, and Color
Field
paintings. Acquired through gifts and acquisitions over the fifty-year
history
of the Kresge Art Museum , they follow the major stylistic trends during
this
time.